Colorado Weather: Deep freeze delivers bitter cold punch
Colorado is locked in the grip of a late January Arctic Outbreak that spreads from the Rockies to the northeast part of the nation.
We have a First Alert Weather Day posted for Monday for bitter cold and light snow.
Over the weekend Denver International Airport picked up a little over a half inch officially. Other metro areas saw anywhere from 1/2" to 3" of snow.
Steamboat Springs has been buried since last week with over 3 feet of snow. With many ski areas picking up 1 to near 2 feet!
Low temperatures will tumble well below zero over the Denver Metro area and eastern plains on Sunday night.
With winds expected to gust 15 to 20 mph, a Wind Chill Advisory is posted for Sunday night for almost all of eastern Colorado including the Denver metro area where wind chills could dip down to 25 degrees in some areas. In 30 minutes frostbite can occur with that type of cold.
There are several Warnings and Advisories in place thru Monday. For some of northern mountains from Steamboat over into Rocky Mountain National Park some spots could see another foot to foot in a half of snow by Monday afternoon.
Monday will be another bitter cold day with light snow. Before weather starts to improve on Tuesday. Temperatures across the state will be colder on the eastern plains than in the mountains with the dense cold air not being able to get up into the high country.
By mid-week into Friday next week a warmer weather pattern will settle in right on thru next weekend.